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| Ulundi | |
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| Coordinates: 28°19′S 31°25′E / 28.317°S 31.417°ECoordinates: 28°19′S 31°25′E / 28.317°S 31.417°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | Zululand |
| Municipality | Ulundi |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 10.27 km2 (3.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
| • Total | 18,420 |
| • Density | 1,794/km2 (4,650/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2001)[1] | |
| • Black African | 99.5% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 0.2% |
| First languages (2001)[1] | |
| • Zulu | 98.1% |
| • Other | 1.9% |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) |
Ulundi is a town in the Zululand District Municipality. At one time the capital of Zululand[2] in South Africa and later the capital of the Bantustan of KwaZulu, Ulundi now lies in KwaZulu-Natal Province (of which, from 1994 to 2004, it alternated with Pietermaritzburg as the provincial capital). The town now includes an airport, a five-star hotel, and some museums amongst its sights. In the 2001 Census, the population of the town was recorded as 18,420.[3]
When Cetshwayo became king of the Zulus on September 1, 1873, he created, as was customary, a new capital for the nation. naming it "uluNdi" ("The high place"). On July 4, 1879, in the Battle of Ulundi (the final battle of the Anglo-Zulu War), the British army captured the royal kraal and razed it to the ground.
Nearby is Ondini, where King Mpande, Cetshwayo's father, had his kraal. A large Zulu hut now is on the site.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Main Place". Census 2001. http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53111.
- ^ Lyde, Lionel William (1907). "South Africa". A Geography of Africa. Adam and Charles Black. pp. 97. http://www.archive.org/stream/ageographyafric00lydegoog#page/n107/mode/1up.
- ^ "Main Place 'Ulundi Part 1'". Census 2001. http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53111. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
[edit] External links
- Battles around Ulundi
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ulundi". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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